Palacio de Monsalud 2001
I found Palacio de Monsalud at the Sunday Times Wine Club.
It is inexpensive (£7.42 per bottle) and I think it arrived in one of those bin end cases that always looks great value but invariably disappoints on balance. The smell on opening was prunes. A heavy thick set wine that reminded me of Port, despite only 13% alcohol. Some spice in the form of French mustard may have been false interest introduced only by the smear of Dijon mustard on my pork sandwich.
At first I assumed the wine was spoiled but as it developed I think it just tastes crap as a matter of course.
I suppose, not surprisingly for a wine that smells of Port, it went better with cheese than anything else.
But I thought that Spanish wines were supposed to be great wines at great value to us Brits. There was nothing here to inspire me to write anything interesting or informative….sorry.
September 14th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I totally agree with the above comment.
Smells of port, but disappoints you, after the first mouthful.
ok, let’s open another bottle :- ))
May 17th, 2011 at 10:03 pm
I was surprised to find almost exactly the bottle that I was looking for, mine was 2004. This is the first time I’ve searched for a wine on the internet and I’ve never left a message on a website. I mention that only to help to convey that I’d liked this wine very much. I couldn’t remember where it had come from (it must have been the Sunday Times wine club). I am surprised that you had found it disappointing, poor vintage? try the 2004.
January 3rd, 2012 at 9:46 pm
cosecha 2004 was very good.
January 4th, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Indeed. Do you mean this one?
http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/11/05/cosme-palacio-cosecha-2004-rioja/